Grade:

Grades 3-5

Setup:

Circle Game

Objective:

Have the group stand in a circle. Ask a player to help you demonstrate what a jumping double high0-five looks like: you should jump at the same time and high-five with both hands while they are in the air. Have the first player pick another player and demonstrate what a jumping double high-five looks like, only this time ask the players to shout “ho!” (or some other monosyllabic word of excitement) as their hands meet in the air.

The game begins when one player runs across the circle to another player and does a jumping double high-five with a “ho!” in the air. When both players land, they switch places so that the second player is now running across the circle toward another player. And then that player will run across the circle to high-five another player, and so on.

Encourage the other players to stay on their toes and watch for players coming at them. Eye contact is important in this game — if someone approaches you, ready to jump and switch places, you need to be ready or else you might get jumped on!Also a jumping double high-five can be a tricky skill to master, and eye contact helps ensure that both players jump at the same time and the same height (which is particularly important when playing with children of different sizes). Keep going until everyone has been picked at least once.